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Township of Morris, NJ
Morris County
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A. 
The applicant shall submit three copies of the application together with 10 black- or blue-and-white copies and one reverse line sepia of the minor subdivision at least three weeks before the date of the regular monthly meeting of the Board. The plat shall contain the information required in § 57-69. If classified as a minor subdivision, the Planning Board shall forward copies of the plat to the following for review and comment, where appropriate:
(1) 
Planning Board consultant of the Township of Morris.
(2) 
Engineer of the Township of Morris.
(3) 
Morris County Planning Board.
(4) 
Board of Health of the Township of Morris.
(5) 
Construction Official of the Township of Morris.
(6) 
Tax Assessor of the Township of Morris.
(7) 
Planning Board Attorney of the Township of Morris.
(8) 
Adjacent municipalities.
(9) 
Department of Transportation of the State of New Jersey.
B. 
In appropriate cases, the Planning Board shall have the authority to approve a minor subdivision without the necessity of such referral.
Whenever review or approval of the application by the County Planning Board is required by N.J.S.A. 40:27-6.3, the Planning Board shall condition any approval that it grants upon timely receipt of a favorable report on the application by the County Planning Board or approval by the County Planning Board by its failure to report thereon within the required time period.
The Planning Board shall approve or conditionally approve the minor subdivision within 45 days of submission of a complete application or within such further time consented to by the applicant. If approved, a notation to that effect shall be made on the plat or deed, and it shall be signed by the Chairperson and the Planning Board Secretary and returned to the applicant within one week following the next regular meeting of the Planning Board. If rejected, the reasons for rejection shall be noted on all copies of the application form, one of which shall be returned to the applicant.
Approval of a minor subdivision shall expire 190 days from the date of municipal approval unless within such period a plat in conformity with such approval and the provisions of N.J.S.A. 46:26B-1 et seq., or a deed clearly describing the approved minor subdivision is filed by the developer with the county recording officer, the Municipal Engineer and the Municipal Tax Assessor. Any such plat or deed accepted for such filing shall have been signed by the Chairperson and Secretary of the Planning Board. In reviewing the application for development for a proposed minor subdivision, the Planning Board may accept a plat not in conformity with N.J.S.A. 46:26B-1 et seq., provided that, if the developer chooses to file the minor subdivision as provided herein by plat rather than deed, such plat shall conform with the provisions of said Act.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Any lands, lots or parcels resulting from a minor subdivision may not be resubmitted as a minor subdivision for a thirty-six-month period from the date of initial approval as a minor subdivision.
The zoning requirements and general terms and conditions, whether conditional or otherwise, upon which minor subdivision approval was granted shall not be changed for a period of two years after the date of minor subdivision approval, provided that the approved minor subdivision shall have been duly recorded as provided in this article.
Before the return of any approved minor subdivision to the applicant, copies shall be distributed to the following:
A. 
Clerk of the Township of Morris.
B. 
Engineer of the Township of Morris.
C. 
Construction Official of the Township of Morris.
D. 
Tax Assessor of the Township of Morris.
E. 
Secretary of the Planning Board of the Township of Morris.
F. 
Morris County Planning Board.